Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2151 Dec 08

Fred Espenak

Introduction

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2151 Dec 08 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 120-second intervals. This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps. Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun, the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees), the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds). See the Explanation of the Central Eclipse Path Table for a description of each column in the table.

The geographic visibility of the eclipse is shown on a global map on the Prime Page for the Eclipse which also includes complete details on the eclipse. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on an interactive Google Map .

Annular Solar Eclipse of 2151 Dec 08
UT1 Northern Limit Southern Limit Central Line M:S Sun Sun Path Central
Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Ratio Alt. Azm. Width Duration
Limits39°06.3'S050°33.7'E41°58.8'S046°52.6'E40°30.9'S048°47.3'E 0.944 - 431 km 03m07.7s
01:1445°42.4'S062°33.7'E - - 44°07.8'S055°57.3'E 0.946 115° 424 km 03m09.6s
01:1647°19.9'S064°58.7'E43°53.6'S050°55.2'E46°24.0'S059°45.2'E 0.947 10° 112° 417 km 03m10.8s
01:1848°45.9'S066°59.6'E46°54.2'S056°21.4'E48°08.6'S062°24.6'E 0.948 13° 110° 411 km 03m11.7s
01:2050°04.3'S068°45.3'E48°50.5'S059°25.3'E49°38.8'S064°33.4'E 0.948 15° 107° 404 km 03m12.5s
01:2251°17.4'S070°20.6'E50°27.0'S061°45.9'E51°00.3'S066°24.1'E 0.949 17° 105° 398 km 03m13.2s
01:2452°26.4'S071°48.3'E51°52.5'S063°43.5'E52°15.7'S068°02.6'E 0.949 18° 103° 392 km 03m13.8s
01:2653°32.2'S073°10.2'E53°11.0'S065°26.5'E53°26.7'S069°32.6'E 0.950 20° 102° 386 km 03m14.4s
01:2854°35.4'S074°27.7'E54°24.5'S066°59.3'E54°34.2'S070°56.1'E 0.950 21° 100° 381 km 03m15.0s
01:3055°36.3'S075°41.9'E55°34.1'S068°24.7'E55°38.9'S072°14.7'E 0.950 22° 98° 375 km 03m15.5s
01:3256°35.4'S076°53.5'E56°40.6'S069°44.5'E56°41.3'S073°29.6'E 0.951 23° 96° 370 km 03m16.0s
01:3457°32.9'S078°03.0'E57°44.7'S071°00.1'E57°41.8'S074°41.6'E 0.951 24° 94° 366 km 03m16.5s
01:3658°29.1'S079°11.2'E58°46.8'S072°12.4'E58°40.6'S075°51.5'E 0.951 25° 92° 361 km 03m16.9s
01:3859°23.9'S080°18.4'E59°47.2'S073°22.2'E59°38.0'S076°59.7'E 0.951 26° 90° 357 km 03m17.4s
01:4060°17.7'S081°25.0'E60°46.1'S074°30.1'E60°34.2'S078°06.8'E 0.951 27° 89° 353 km 03m17.8s
01:4261°10.5'S082°31.4'E61°43.7'S075°36.8'E61°29.2'S079°13.3'E 0.952 28° 87° 349 km 03m18.2s
01:4462°02.4'S083°38.0'E62°40.2'S076°42.6'E62°23.3'S080°19.5'E 0.952 28° 85° 345 km 03m18.5s
01:4662°53.5'S084°45.0'E63°35.7'S077°48.0'E63°16.5'S081°25.9'E 0.952 29° 83° 342 km 03m18.9s
01:4863°43.8'S085°53.0'E64°30.4'S078°53.5'E64°08.9'S082°32.8'E 0.952 30° 81° 339 km 03m19.2s
01:5064°33.4'S087°02.1'E65°24.3'S079°59.3'E65°00.6'S083°40.5'E 0.952 30° 79° 336 km 03m19.6s
01:5265°22.4'S088°12.7'E66°17.6'S081°06.1'E65°51.6'S084°49.5'E 0.952 31° 77° 333 km 03m19.9s
01:5466°10.8'S089°25.2'E67°10.2'S082°14.0'E66°42.0'S086°00.2'E 0.952 31° 75° 330 km 03m20.2s
01:5666°58.6'S090°40.0'E68°02.2'S083°23.6'E67°31.9'S087°12.9'E 0.952 32° 72° 328 km 03m20.4s
01:5867°45.8'S091°57.5'E68°53.7'S084°35.4'E68°21.2'S088°28.0'E 0.952 32° 70° 326 km 03m20.7s
02:0068°32.5'S093°18.1'E69°44.8'S085°49.8'E69°10.0'S089°46.2'E 0.952 32° 68° 324 km 03m20.9s
02:0269°18.6'S094°42.3'E70°35.4'S087°07.4'E69°58.3'S091°07.8'E 0.953 33° 65° 322 km 03m21.2s
02:0470°04.2'S096°10.6'E71°25.6'S088°28.8'E70°46.1'S092°33.5'E 0.953 33° 63° 320 km 03m21.4s
02:0670°49.2'S097°43.7'E72°15.4'S089°54.7'E71°33.4'S094°04.0'E 0.953 33° 60° 319 km 03m21.6s
02:0871°33.7'S099°22.2'E73°04.8'S091°26.0'E72°20.3'S095°40.0'E 0.953 33° 58° 318 km 03m21.7s
02:1072°17.5'S101°06.8'E73°53.7'S093°03.6'E73°06.6'S097°22.4'E 0.953 33° 55° 317 km 03m21.9s
02:1273°00.6'S102°58.5'E74°42.2'S094°48.7'E73°52.3'S099°12.1'E 0.953 33° 52° 316 km 03m22.0s
02:1473°43.1'S104°58.2'E75°30.3'S096°42.6'E74°37.4'S101°10.5'E 0.953 33° 49° 315 km 03m22.1s
02:1674°24.7'S107°06.9'E76°17.8'S098°47.0'E75°21.8'S103°18.7'E 0.953 33° 46° 314 km 03m22.2s
02:1875°05.4'S109°25.9'E77°04.7'S101°03.9'E76°05.5'S105°38.4'E 0.953 33° 42° 314 km 03m22.3s
02:2075°45.1'S111°56.6'E77°50.8'S103°35.7'E76°48.2'S108°11.5'E 0.953 33° 39° 313 km 03m22.4s
02:2276°23.5'S114°40.5'E78°36.1'S106°25.4'E77°29.8'S111°00.1'E 0.953 33° 35° 313 km 03m22.4s
02:2477°00.7'S117°39.2'E79°20.2'S109°36.5'E78°10.1'S114°06.7'E 0.952 33° 31° 313 km 03m22.5s
02:2677°36.1'S120°54.7'E80°02.9'S113°13.4'E78°48.9'S117°34.0'E 0.952 33° 26° 314 km 03m22.5s
02:2878°09.7'S124°28.7'E80°43.8'S117°21.3'E79°25.7'S121°25.1'E 0.952 33° 21° 314 km 03m22.5s
02:3078°41.0'S128°23.1'E81°22.3'S122°06.1'E80°00.2'S125°43.4'E 0.952 32° 16° 315 km 03m22.4s
02:3279°09.7'S132°39.7'E81°57.8'S127°34.4'E80°31.9'S130°31.9'E 0.952 32° 10° 315 km 03m22.4s
02:3479°35.3'S137°19.6'E82°29.3'S133°52.3'E81°00.0'S135°53.5'E 0.952 32° 316 km 03m22.3s
02:3679°57.3'S142°23.3'E82°55.7'S141°04.1'E81°23.9'S141°49.4'E 0.952 31° 357° 318 km 03m22.2s
02:3880°15.1'S147°50.4'E83°15.8'S149°09.9'E81°42.8'S148°19.3'E 0.952 31° 349° 319 km 03m22.1s
02:4080°28.2'S153°38.6'E83°28.1'S158°02.5'E81°55.8'S155°19.5'E 0.952 30° 341° 321 km 03m21.9s
02:4280°36.0'S159°44.4'E83°31.6'S167°25.9'E82°02.2'S162°43.0'E 0.952 30° 333° 322 km 03m21.8s
02:4480°38.1'S166°02.3'E83°25.5'S176°57.2'E82°01.3'S170°19.4'E 0.951 29° 324° 324 km 03m21.6s
02:4680°34.2'S172°26.0'E83°09.7'S173°48.5'W81°52.9'S177°56.7'E 0.951 29° 316° 327 km 03m21.4s
02:4880°24.0'S178°48.3'E82°44.5'S165°11.1'W81°36.8'S174°37.4'W 0.951 28° 307° 329 km 03m21.1s
02:5080°07.4'S174°57.5'W82°10.8'S157°21.8'W81°13.3'S167°32.8'W 0.951 27° 299° 332 km 03m20.9s
02:5279°44.7'S168°56.9'W81°29.4'S150°23.8'W80°42.6'S160°56.0'W 0.951 26° 292° 335 km 03m20.6s
02:5479°15.9'S163°13.9'W80°41.2'S144°14.3'W80°05.4'S154°50.0'W 0.951 26° 285° 338 km 03m20.2s
02:5678°41.3'S157°50.7'W79°46.7'S138°47.1'W79°21.9'S149°14.8'W 0.950 25° 278° 342 km 03m19.9s
02:5878°01.2'S152°48.0'W78°46.2'S133°55.4'W78°32.5'S144°08.4'W 0.950 24° 273° 346 km 03m19.5s
03:0077°15.5'S148°05.1'W77°39.7'S129°32.1'W77°37.4'S139°27.6'W 0.950 23° 267° 351 km 03m19.1s
03:0276°24.5'S143°40.4'W76°27.0'S125°30.3'W76°36.5'S135°08.4'W 0.949 21° 262° 356 km 03m18.6s
03:0475°28.1'S139°31.7'W75°07.2'S121°43.7'W75°29.7'S131°06.6'W 0.949 20° 257° 361 km 03m18.1s
03:0674°25.9'S135°36.5'W73°38.9'S118°05.8'W74°16.2'S127°17.7'W 0.949 19° 253° 367 km 03m17.5s
03:0873°17.5'S131°51.4'W71°59.8'S114°29.1'W72°55.0'S123°37.0'W 0.948 17° 249° 374 km 03m16.9s
03:1072°02.0'S128°12.9'W70°04.9'S110°43.1'W71°24.4'S119°58.6'W 0.948 15° 244° 382 km 03m16.2s
03:1270°37.9'S124°36.7'W67°43.2'S106°27.7'W69°40.8'S116°14.9'W 0.947 13° 240° 391 km 03m15.4s
03:1469°02.7'S120°56.7'W64°11.7'S100°31.0'W67°37.5'S112°12.6'W 0.947 11° 236° 401 km 03m14.4s
03:1667°11.5'S117°03.2'W - - 64°55.7'S107°18.7'W 0.946 231° 414 km 03m13.2s
Limits58°00.8'S100°24.9'W60°14.5'S093°58.8'W59°07.6'S097°21.2'W 0.944 - 440 km 03m10.5s

ΔT = 191.5 seconds

Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration
Event Time
TD
Time
UT1
Latitude Longitude Sun
Altitude
Sun
Azimuth
Path Width Central
Duration
Greatest Eclipse02:18:30.602:15:19.175°06.8'S101°45.8'E 33.4° 47.0° 314.4 km03m22.22s
Greatest Duration02:28:48.402:25:37.078°41.6'S116°52.4'E 32.8° 27.2° 313.6 km03m22.47s

Explanation of Greatest Eclipse and Greatest Duration

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Eclipse Predictions

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 2151 Dec 08 were generated using the JPL DE406 solar and lunar ephemerides. The lunar coordinates were calculated with respect to the Moon's Center of Mass. Although the predictions are first calculated in Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TD), they are then converted to Universal Time (UT1) as presented here. The parameter ΔT is used to convert between the two times (i.e., UT1 = TD - ΔT). ΔT has a value of 191.5 seconds for this eclipse. The uncertainty in ΔT is 41.8 seconds corresponding to a standard error in longitude of the eclipse path of ± 0.17°.

Acknowledgments

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy.

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